Urban Art Association

Murakami show in NYC if we are including contemporary artists.

If only urban/street artists, I would say the Os Gemeos exhibit in Brazil after/during the world cup.

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and if we include museum exhibits, I think the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney (now in Centre Pompidou) is a must see.

There's been some fantastic shows this year and I don't think I could pick just one.  Dale Marshall's 'Walls With Wounds' exhibition was one of those beautiful shows which really made a connection with me and has stayed with me long after it closed.  It was a real pleasure seeing the dynamism of Katrin Fridriks' work at both the 'Flying Awareness' and Art14 exhibitions.  I've been a fan of Anselm Kiefer for a long time so I enjoyed seeing the development of his work in the retrospective which is still running at the Royal Academy; although, strangely, I think I preferred the show at White Cube a couple of years ago.  I know it wasn't a proper exhibition but it was great to see so many of Banksy's pieces at the Sotherby's auction show.  There are lots more that I really enjoyed like Julian Opie's 'Collected Works', Jenny Saville's 'Oxyrhynchus' and Cheba's 'Beyond the Pale Blue Dot' and many more that I would have loved to have seen like Mr Jago's 'New Coordinates', Os Gemeos' 'A ópera da lua' and Robert Proch 'Land Without Footprints'

*Giacomo Bufarini (RUN) - intelligent use or wall space and for me absolutely love the artwork.

*Thanks to butterfly for showing artwork wouldn't normally get to see

Adam Neate for me too.
However I visited the Dran work in Paris today and it was spectacular.

Agree with neates show although I thought the prints he released were disappointing. Dale marshals new work was great, amazing original paintings and wish I had the $$. No decent shows over here although flying down to Sydney for new year and looking forward to their 'pop' exhibition, 200 works including Warhol etc... The exhibition is on now if your in Sydney..

If we're talking solo show, Eat and Delete on opening night was incredible.

Group show? Art Truancy:20 Years of Juxtapoz

Adam Neate - Dimensionalism
Phlegm - The Bestiary
Interesni Kazki - Inter Arma Silent Musae

Yes forgot about Conor. Really beautifully lit.

Paul Insect & the others @ Pepe le Pugh or somewhere.

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John Dolan & George at Howard things gallery.

Of the exhibitions I attended:

1.  Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs at Tate Modern

This is now at MoMA until 8 February 2015. Based on the Tate Modern show, which I visited a few times, I'd argue it's worth a flight to New York to see.

2.  Martin Creed: What's the point of it? at Hayward Gallery


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The anticlimax for me this year was Karim Zeriahen's It's Taken Me All Of My Life To Find You at Lazarides Gallery.

My expectations had been far too high following his exceptional video installation, Survivor, the standout piece for me at the Lazarides Brutal exhibition in October 2013.

Those who attended Brutal and who also made the time and effort to experience the Zeriahen piece from start to finish — immersed in the dark, with booming speakers, standing in front of a triptych of massive screens — will know its impact. It made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.

For those who missed out, in my opinion unfortunately you truly missed out. No comparison with the real thing as it was intended, but the Vimeo version below does offer something of a vicarious experience (a bit like watching a rock concert on your laptop). The final scene replicates the physical location of the installation in the original London exhibition space.

adam neate fo me, no doubt.

Swoon @ BMA amazing...dug Marcel Dzama @ Zwirner but then I'm a fan...Banksy @ Sotheby's while in London working...JR-NYC Ballet collaborations...and a tour of the Shoreditch street art with the Commissioner (particularly the Borondos) were some highlights that come to mind.